Today I was excited to try water marbling for the first time. I also was thrilled to find the Orly Sweet collection still hanging around my Ulta - I have been looking for it for several weeks now!
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| Outdoors, partial shade, no flash |
For this manicure, I first used my base coat of NailTek, followed by a coat of Sally Hansen Xtreme White On, to give the colors a nice base to go onto. Then I used
Orly Lemonade,
Orly Snowcone, and
Orly Pixy Stix for my marbling colors, and topped it off with two coats of Seche Vite.
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| Sweet! |
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| Colors in the water |
The water marbling process was fun, although a little (or a lot) messy. I did get a few bubbles on my nails, which I am not quite sure how to get rid of (advice welcome, of course). I also don't really have any sort of coherent pattern on the nails, it is just whatever I ended up with. I may try for a bit more of a pattern next time I marble. Another thing I noticed, and that you can see in the pictures, is that the application was a bit weird over my silk-and-glue bandage on my middle finger. You can see quite a lot of white showing through there. However, I think it was a decent first attempt at marbling.
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| Outdoors, full sun, no flash |
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I also LOVE these colors! I know it is a bit pastel for going into fall, but I was just super excited to give them a try. Besides, sometimes a bit of springtime can be cheerful and fun, even if it is not currently "in season," heh. I think these colors are very cute together.
What do you guys think? Do you like it? Any water marbling tips from the experts?
ALSO - I bought the polish for my
very first giveaway today, and I will be posting it very soon (tonight or tomorrow). It will be followers only, and if you are already a follower when I post it you will automatically get an extra entry if you sign up! :)
